Ruel Vance Churchill
Ruel Vance Churchill (12 December 1899, Akron, Indiana – 31 October 1987, Ann Arbor, Michigan) was an American mathematician known for writing three widely used textbooks on applied mathematics.[1]
In 1922 Churchill received his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago. In 1929 he received his PhD from the University of Michigan under George Rainich with thesis On the Geometry of the Riemann Tensor.[2] He spent his entire career as a member of the U. of Michigan mathematics faculty and retired in 1965 as professor emeritus.[3] His doctoral students include Earl D. Rainville.
Books
- Complex Variables & Applications (with James Ward Brown, 1st edition 1948)
- Fourier Series and Boundary Value Problems[4]
- Modern Operational Mathematics in Engineering[5]
Selected articles
- "On the geometry of the Riemann tensor". Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 34 (1): 126–152. 1932. doi:10.1090/s0002-9947-1932-1501632-1. MR 1501632.
- "Canonical forms for symmetric linear vector functions in pseudo-Euclidean space". Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 34 (4): 784–794. 1932. doi:10.1090/s0002-9947-1932-1501663-1. MR 1501663.
- "Expansions in series of non-orthogonal functions". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 48 (2): 143–149. 1942. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1942-07628-2. MR 0005940.
- with R. C. F. Bartels: "Resolution of boundary problems by the use of a generalized convolutin". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 48 (4): 276–282. 1942. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1942-07655-5. MR 0005994.
- with C. L. Dolph: "Inverse transforms of Legendre transforms". Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 5: 93–100. 1954. doi:10.1090/s0002-9939-1954-0062872-4. MR 0062872.
References
- ↑ Ruel Vance Churchill, Faculty History Project, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- ↑ Ruel Vance Churchill at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ University of Michigan: Faculty Member Resources
- ↑ Levinson, N. "Review: Fourier Series and Boundary Values Problems by R. V. Churchill" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (7): 538–539. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1941-07480-x.
- ↑ Camp, Glen D. (October 1945). "Review: Modern Operational Methods in Engineering by R. V. Churchill". National Mathematics Magazine. 20: 44–46. doi:10.2307/3029973.
External links
Dr Ruel Vance Churchill at Find a Grave
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